St. Josaphats Church

Schedule of Divine Liturgies


WEEKENDS	SATURDAY EVENING	5:00PM	ENG
	SUNDAY	09:30AM	ENG & UKR
WEEK DAYS	TUES-THURS	8:00AM	UKR

Something you should know

Confessions:	Both daily and Sundays before all Liturgies
Baptisms:	By appointment. Sponsors must be practicing Catholics
Marriage:	Contact your Pastor at least six months in advance. Attendance at PreCana is required.
Religious Education:	Grades K-8 Sundays at 11:15 AM
Ministry to the Sick:	Kindly notify the rectory office about parishioners who are confined to home, hospital, or convalescent home, so that a priest might visit them.
Sunday Bulletin Deadline:	Notices should be phoned in or brought to the Parish Office no later than 12:00 noon on the Monday previous to the publication.
New Parishioners:	Welcome to St. Josaphats! Please stop by the Rectory to introduce yourselves and register. We look forward to meeting you.
Bequests:	In making out your will, kindly remember your church. St Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church of Rochester, NY is our legal title.

Something You Should Know

Church Events & Meetings

March 5-7: Parish Lenten Mission

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Community Events

Because of the heightened alert due to the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Josaphat’s Bingo is suspended until April 17, 2020
We thank you for your patronage and for helping us build a wonderful Bingo community.
We have decided to suspend our Bingo operations for the rest of the month of March. This is being done to protect the health of the players and our volunteers. Because of the long gestation period of the virus before symptoms show up (or even the lack of symptoms in those who carry the virus but are not affected) – we cannot risk exposing people to the potential hazard it represents.
As per the County Health Department’s request to limit gatherings of over 50 people – we believe our best path forward is to follow this guidance. We appreciate your understanding with our decision and hope to see you back in April when it is hopefully safer to return to normal group activities.

From the Pastor

CATHOLIC PRESS MONTH

The Sower - February is Catholic Press month, a time when we annually renew our subscription and support for The Sower. The annual rate is $20 for our newspaper. Please help The Eparchy to continue to provide this valuable resource of information by placing your donation of $20.00 dollars in the envelope ”Diocesan Newspaper” provided by your parish.

„Сівач” – щорічно місяць лютий це місяць Католицької Преси та час підтримки нашої Епархіяльної Газети „СІВАЧ”. Цінa на цю чудову газету - $20. Ласкаво просимо допомогти Епархії продовжувати друкувати це чудове видання. Конвертки „Diocesan Newspaper” – призначені на цю ціль.

How the Great Fast Can Lead to the Heavenly Banquet: During the Great Fast we should be increasing our prayer life and almsgiving. Very importantly, we should also follow the church’s fasting traditions. Why? Because exercising discipline with food helps us say no to sin and recognize our hunger for God. The minimum required is to abstain from meat on all Wednesdays and Fridays of the Great fast and to abstain from meat, dairy and eggs on Pure Monday (February 15 this year) and on Good Friday (April 2 this year). The traditional, more rigorous, fast is to abstain from meat, dairy, wine, and oil throughout the full 40 days. We are encouraged to do more than the minimum, yet also what our health will allow. Let’s use all the church aids and become clothed in a beautiful wedding garment for the feast of the Lord’s glorious resurrection!

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ВІДВІДИНИ ХВОРИХ

If you or a family member are admitted to a hospital for any reason and wish to have a priest come to visit, please notify the parish office. Recent federal privacy laws do not allow hospitals to notify the parish if you are admitted. It is the responsibility of the patient or family to notify the parish office.

Ukrainian Catholic Retreat

Members of Saint Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church have a long history of participation in Retreats. For many years men and women of the Parish participated in Men’s Retreats or Women’s Retreats conducted by Roman Rite priests of the Redemptorist Order.

St. Josaphats Festival

The St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Festival was established in 1973 as an effort to introduce Ukrainian Arts and Crafts, Ukrainian food, and Ukrainian music and dance to the Greater Rochester community. Since its